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South Korea Inflation: 1981 to Now

₩10,000 in 1981 is worth about ₩45,832 in 2025 prices — the most recent year with published data.

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Cumulative change+358.3%
Average annual rate+3.52%

Consumer price data for this country is published annually and lags roughly a year behind — this is the most recent year on record, not the current one.

At a Glance

KREquivalent value
₩1.00₩4.58
₩10.00₩45.83
₩100.00₩458.32
₩1,000.00₩4,583.18
₩10,000₩45,832
₩100,000₩458,318
₩1,000,000₩4,583,182

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
198129.5₩10,000
198231.6₩10,719
198332.7₩11,086
198433.4₩11,338
198534.2₩11,617
198635.2₩11,936
198736.2₩12,300
198838.8₩13,179
198941.0₩13,930
199044.6₩15,125
199148.7₩16,536
199251.7₩17,564
199354.2₩18,407
199457.6₩19,560
199560.2₩20,437
199663.2₩21,443
199766.0₩22,395
199870.9₩24,078
199971.5₩24,273
200073.1₩24,822
200176.1₩25,831
200278.2₩26,545
200380.9₩27,478
200483.8₩28,464
200586.2₩29,248
200688.1₩29,904
200790.3₩30,662
200894.5₩32,095
200997.1₩32,980
2010100.0₩33,949
2011104.0₩35,316
2012106.3₩36,088
2013107.7₩36,558
2014109.1₩37,024
2015109.8₩37,285
2016110.9₩37,648
2017113.1₩38,380
2018114.7₩38,946
2019115.2₩39,095
2020115.8₩39,305
2021118.7₩40,287
2022124.7₩42,338
2023129.2₩43,861
2024132.2₩44,879
2025135.0₩45,832

Other Starting Years

How This Is Calculated

Based on the official consumer price index (CPI) for this country — for the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPI-U, averaged from monthly figures to a single annual value; for Korea and Japan, the World Bank's annual CPI series. A gap in the source data is shown as a gap, never estimated or interpolated.

KR: 19602025

₩10,000 in 1981 — South Korea Inflation Calculator · PNL404